Flawed characters

The character D'Artagnan was flawed. In the beginning, the movie portrayed D'Artagnan as a great swordsman and can defend himself if needed; he was even going to fight all of the musketeers! The problem is that D'Artagnan got himself knocked out or kidnapped quite a few times. I understand that he is new to this “musketeer life,” but to be worthy of the position he should have been less reckless and more skillful in his fighting. Another thing is when D'Artagnan and Athos got into a rough situation

John Updike’s A&P, the main characters, subjected to the events of their respective stories, are forced to reflect upon their actions which failed to accomplish their original goal in impressing another character. Evidently, there is a similar thematic element that emerges from incidents in both short stories, which show maturity as an arduous process of learning from failures and a loss of innocence. By analyzing the consequences of the interaction of each main character, the Narrator in Araby and

is a complex character with both good and poor traits. Arthur maintains his symbolic representation of good throughout the tale, but Malory crafts Arthur’s character in such a way that his weaknesses, or bad traits, shed a rather mortal light upon his character. These weaknesses, combined with the greatness of Arthur, are eventually what gives way to the downfall of Arthur. His bad traits reflect much of what we see in ourselves. Though Arthur is a noble, great, and powerful character, it does not

plot for readers while pushing them to question the world in which they live. One such question suggested by the text is what it means to be a hero or a “good guy”, and to what extent bad acts are redeemable. Through the Comedian, Moore provides a character who skirts the line between good and evil in that he uses aggressive methods for achieving his goals, but is still considered a hero. Furthermore, the Comedian, also known as Edward Blake, though not the only overly violent hero, is most always cast

templates of heroes they are expected to fit, in furtherance of strengthening their anti-war stances. Findley and Vonnegut illustrate their protagonists as a tragic hero and an anti-hero, respectively, in order to juxtapose the atrocities of war with the flawed humanness of man and to challenge the stereotypical image of a

Melon by Cara Chow revolves around Frances, the protagonist, who is constantly shamed and abused by her mother. Frances' character traits at the beginning of the novel can be symbolized through several objects. A broken mirror represents Frances as self-loathing because if a person looks into one, their reflection is broken. In the story Frances can't help but to think about how flawed her knowledge and physical appearance is when her mother is around, constantly criticizing her. A teacup is something

A Tragic Hero is a main character(protagonist) in any literature who comes in a miserable or unhappy ending, usually death(catastrophe). They are generally a person of importance in society, usually means being a king, duke, prince, company owner, etc. In the play, Macbeth, Macbeth is the epitome of being a tragic hero because he is the protagonist who comes to an unhappy ending, gets the part of being king, and suffers from his tragic flaw: weakness of character. To start off with, Macbeth is an

Archetype One At first it may seem like an obvious choice for Will’s character archetype would be the Explorer, but in reality, his traits align more solidly with The Rebel. Rebels see something flawed in their world and try to change it, Will sees that he is staying Inside and is not like other people, and so he goes Outside. While their primary goal is to fix what’s broken with big ideas and their ability to corral others as followers, much like Will did to Jonah, the Rebel’s weakness surround

look at the ways in which it can be exacerbated or soothed by such things as religion and superstitions, the theory of herd mentality and the effect of an isolated community. They also communicate how certain styles of text or the behaviour and character growth of individuals can have a profound impact upon the view of human behaviour. Both Arthur Miller and Geraldine Brooks use the texts to explore and ultimately condemn the role of religion in a changing society. The climactic events in The

recognitions, discoveries, and reversals in a realistic manner. By doing so, the story elicits pity and sympathy from the audience. In The Crucible, John Proctor acts as the flawed protagonist and undergoes a catastrophe, which will test his true